Build Hope Scholarship Program 2023

Introduction

Investing in our youth will help our residents to reach their goals. Build Hope, Inc., is HACLA’s non profit affiliate which provides scholarships to encourage students to pursue higher education following high school. In collaboration with the Community Safety Partnership Bureau (CSPB), the program is open to public housing and Section 8 residents who are graduating high school seniors or have a GED/high school equivalency, who are/will be enrolled in a vocational or technical school, community college, or four-year university in the Fall of 2023. In addition, the scholarship application is open to prior scholarship recipients who are continuing scholars enrolled in college, university, technical or vocational programs on a full-time basis.


Scholarships of $500 - $2,000 will be awarded to selected students.


Selected scholarship recipients must participate in The Build Hope, Inc. Scholarship Celebration. The date is TBD in June 2023.


For questions call or email: Aracely Hernandez

(213) 252-5458

Aracely.Hernandez@hacla.org



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Description

  1. Carefully complete the application. Please list all relevant facts related to your personal and academic achievements. Additional sheets of paper may be attached.
  2. Submit a copy of your most recent transcript from school. (Unofficial is permitted) If you cannot obtain a transcript, please provide a screenshot of your online grade portals to show current overall GPA.
  3. Provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher, professor, mentor, advisor, counselor or community leader.
  4. Enclose with your application, a recent photo of yourself, preferably a clear photo of you participating in your community or in school. This photo may be used in marketing materials if you are selected as a scholarship recipient.
  5. For graduating high school seniors, provide a letter of acceptance from any community college, CSU, UC, or other institution college/university that you will be attending this fall. For returning scholars who were prior scholarship recipients, provide a registration letter showing proof of continued enrollment.

Selection Criteria

  1. Applicants must be HACLA residents who will be graduating from an accredited public, charter or private high school in 2023, or have a GED/high school equivalency who plan to pursue a higher education, including prior scholarship recipients who are continuing scholars already enrolled in college or a vocational program.
  2. Applicants must be enrolled on a full-time basis for the 2023 fall semester/quarter or provide a college acceptance letter or proof of enrollment for the fall 2023 enrollment period.
  3. Applicants must maintain a minimum of a 2.0 grade point average.
  4. Applicants must have demonstrated strong community involvement.
  5. Applicants must have a valid Social Security Number or IRS issued Tax ID PIN.
  6. Applicants must have completed the FAFSA or Dream Act application.
  7. Children or dependents of elected or appointed officials are not eligible.
  8. Children or dependents of HACLA employees are not eligible.

Build Hope Scholarship Program 2023

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About the Sponsor

Build Hope, Inc (BHI), was created by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), to ensure that its residents and clients receive the full social, health, educational and work opportunities to which they are entitled, and to enhance quality of life, through long-term academic and economic success.

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